AS IT IS 2015-09-28 Solar Power Free to Low-Income Homes in DC 华盛顿低收入家庭获得太阳能 Solar panels are an increasingly common sight on the tops of homes in wealthy parts of Washington, D.C. Now the costly technology is moving into a...
AS IT IS 2015-09-28 Phone Apps Help Stop Counterfeiters in Kenya 手机应用程序帮助打击肯尼亚造假者 Counterfeit goods, or false versions of products, may cost the government of Kenya as much as $1 billion each year. The fake goods also...
Besties, Buds, BFFs ... Friends! Now, the VOA Learning program Words and Their Stories. Language changes over time. Many words and expressions have changed over the centuries. But the word friend has stayed the same. It is a rare example in the Engli...
Chinese Girls Raised in America Find Their Identity 美国长大的中国女孩找到其身世 An American journalist who adopted a young Chinese girl 18 years ago is using her daughter's story to tell about abandoned children from China. Maya Xia Lu...
AS IT IS 2015-09-27 Why Do People Waste So Much Food? 为什么人们浪费这么多食物? Up to half of the food the world produces is never eaten. It is instead thrown away. Experts say food is wasted in both rich and poor countries, but for diffe...
AS IT IS 2015-09-27 Saving Russian Religious Music Traditions 拯救俄罗斯宗教音乐传统 Many religions use music to help communicate their message. What you are listening to now is a choral work performed in the Russian Orthodox Church. This...
AS IT IS 2015-09-27 Is East Asia Becoming More Militarized? Territorial claims have become a stressful issue in East and South East Asia over the past few years. Conflicts over territory include the Spratly and Paracel islands in the South China Sea....
AS IT IS 2015-09-25 Rare 'Supermoon' Eclipse Only Days Away Many people are looking forward to something unusual in the skies this weekend. In fact, astronomers note that an event like this last happened 33 years ago! People will have a chance to wit...
AS IT IS 2015-09-25 Volkswagen Chief Resigns Over Pollution Cheat 大众汽车首席执行官辞职 The German carmaker Volkswagen is facing investigations and fines for a computer software problem in millions of its vehicles. The head of the Volkswa...
AS IT IS 2015-09-25 More than 700 Crushed to Death Near Mecca 麦加踩踏事故逾700人遇难 More than 700 people were crushed to death Thursday near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in a stampede. More than 800 others were injured. The victims were part of t...
AS IT IS 2015-09-25 Europe's Migrant Crisis Does Not Let Up As migrants and refugees continue to rush into Europe, European Union (EU) members held an emergency summit in Brussels. They hope to agree on how to deal with this large movement of refugee...
The Open Boat by Stephen Crane, Part One 斯蒂芬克莱恩《海上扁舟》Ⅰ Crane was traveling from the United States to Cuba as a newspaper reporter. One night, his ship hit a sandbar. It sank in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Florida. M...
Amazon's Tool for Reading, One Word at a Time Last week Amazon announced Word Runner, a new tool for reading Kindle books. Word Runner is a software update that shows one word at a time, instead of words, sentences and paragraphs on one page. Amazon...
Students Love Grammar! So Why Do Teachers Hate It? 学生爱学语法,为什么老师却讨厌? Today we have a special guest. Betty Azar is the most successful writer of grammar textbooks in the world. Generations of English learners will recognize...
AS IT IS 2015-09-24 Young Americans Using Their Music to Send a Message 年轻的美国人用他们的音乐传达讯息 The Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles gives the citys young musicians a chance to show off their skills. The group makes...
